Middle of the nighter

Well here I am at 3.15 in the morning wide awake thanks to a swollen, painful knee. On the plus side it's surprising how much I can get done in the middle of the night. I can catch up on my soap operas and get some stitching done. 

I'm still working on the same 2 pieces. I had hoped to get them finished before we go on our holidays on 23 august which I know I won't but I am so enjoying doing them

The first one is a vase of flowers. The colours are stunning but I'm disappointed in myself for not allowing more material at the to and bottom of the piece I totally worked out the size wrong (maths was never my strong point)  I did want to display it by stretching it over a frame but I don't know if I have allowed enough material to do this. 

The second piece I'm working on is the sister piece to 'Keep Calm and Carry on' it will say Now Panic and Freak Out' which requires very little counting so it's perfect to work on after a long tiring day at work. 

A finish and a WIP

I finished this yesterday 

It's been easy to do. I started it on holiday in April and only got it finished yesterday but I seem to have lost my sticky bug and with the lovely warm weather we've been having we've been it and about more. I do have a sister project exactly the same but it says 'now panic and freak out'  I intend to start 'now panic' and work it along side my current WIP which is this

Again this is easy as it's block colours but it's done on 28 count even weave so sometimes on a night if I'm too tired I worked on the 'keep calm' I always have a couple of projects on the go at once. One a more complex and another a more easy one and I work on whichever one takes my fancy on the day. It's so hard thought not to look at the lovely new designs which are released and ones published in magazines and resist buying them or starting a new project but I'm determined to finish WIPS before starting a new project (famous last words)

3 Vases of Flowers

I am really enjoying doing this but with it being on 28 count evenweave I'm doing it through the day and early evenings. 

When I'm not working on this I'm still working on this it's soooo easy as it's block colours so not a lot of counting or concentration needed. 

I seem to have got my stitchy bug back which is good really. I've done a couple of hours today on and off. 

An Update

I know I shouldn't have but I started something new yesterday. It's from this months Collection and I'm doing it on 28 count evenweave. I must admit I'm finding it difficult working on evenweave so I'm going to work on it along side Keep Calm which doesn't need as much concentration. 

Here's how far I've got so far with the vase of flowers

Hers how far I am with keep calm which is easy to do and I can work on this when I'm too tired to concentrate. 

I am enjoying working on Keep Calm but sometimes it can be a bit boring as thers only 4 colours in the pallet. When I've finished this I will start Now Panic 

Another small finish

Finished this morning. I started it a while ago but have spent the last couple of weeks finishing it. Going to do another UFO next but just can't decide which one. 

A finish and a UFO

I finished this tulips which I've been on with for 2 weeks. YES 2 weeks to do a small finish which I intend to turn into a coaster for work only I found out this week my contract which ends on 31 March will probably not be renewed so I won't have much need for it at work. Anyway here it is before it's mounted into a coaster.

I have picked up a UFO I started ages ago (look through my old blog posts and you'll see updates) I do like this and intend to turn it into a cushion to go on the window cill on the half landing. It has taken a lot longer than I thought to do it but that's the story of my life. Anyway here's how it was when I've picked it up again and hopefully when I post an update in a week or so it'll be obvious how much I've done 

This weeks update

John Clayton's Calla Lilly 

And Xmas Fairy (which looks big but is card sized